Fence



(No Model.) L

M. GLUNE & P. .ECKEL.

FENCE.

Patented July 28, 1896-.

HY WM {Dc/m3 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL CLUNE AND PETER ECKEL, OF SYRACUSE, NE? YORK.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,591, dated July 28, 1896.

A li tiofl fil d June 8,1896. Serial No. 594,644. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MICHAEL CLUNE and PETER ECKEL, citizens of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Fence; and we do hereby declare that the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.

lVhat we have invented is a new and improved fence provided with a protective attachment to prevent its use as a seat. This fence can be made simply and cheaply, and is very strong.

The attractiveness of a fence as a seat for boys, particularly at popular corners, is well known; but for the neighbors and passers this is very often annoying, and various means have been devised for its prevention. One of the simplest forms of city fences often used to protect the grass along sidewalks consists merely of simple wooden posts and iron pipes set therein. lVhere it is desired to keep off the sitters, various expedients have been adopted, such as twisting barbed wire around the tubes or riveting points thereto; but these wires are easily untwisted by inserting a stick between them and the tube, and the points are rather expensive to put in position and may be easily knocked off.

Our invention consists in a fence composed of the usual posts and of tubes, which may be rolled or otherwise made, and are provided with a single narrow longitudinal slot, and of iron bars having a neck fitted to slip into said slot freely and yet rather snugly, a comparatively thin portion beneath the slot preferably convex to fit the interior surface of the tube, and with an upper portion in the form of a sharp edge or points, or any form on which it is uncomfortable to sit. These bars are easily and cheaply rolled or cast. The points are then cut or punched, and the bars and tubes out into desirable lengths. Preferably the tubes are cut of a length to fit into the posts set some suitable distance apart and the bars slightly shorter, as it is not desirable that they should extend into the posts. By this construction the bars cut into lengths are slipped into the slots in the tubes and the ends of the tubes then set in position, making a cheap and yet very strong fence, which accomplishes the desired result.

Our invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which the same numerals refer to the same parts in all the figures.

Figure I is an elevation of our fence constructed with wooden posts. Fig. II is a smaller elevation showing the use of metal posts. Fig. III is a section of our peculiar tubing provided with the longitudinal slot. Fig. IV is a similar section showing the bar in position. Fig. V is a View partly in perspective of the same. Fig. VI shows a portion of the bar as rolled. Fig. VII is the same after the points have been cut. Fig. VIII is a form of bar unprovided with points, to which maybe attached ornamental points or designs shown in Fig. IX. l

1 indicates the tube, provided with a nar row longitudinal slot 2; 3, the bar, rolled,with a narrow neck 4, having a wider lower portion 5 preferably formed convex on its upper face to fit the inner concave surface of the tube.

6 is the upwardly-extending portion, which may be left in the form of a sharp edge, as shown in Fig. VI, or cut out into points, as best shown in Figs. V and VII.

The bars are preferably first rolled in the form shown in Fig. VI, and the points thencut or punched therefrom.

In Fig.VIII is shown a bar having neck at and wider lower portion 5, the upper portion being formed without points and comparatively thin, to the upper surface of which may be riveted or otherwise attached the ornamental points of Fig. IX, or any other ornamental points or designs.

On its upper side the lower element 5 of the bar 3 maybe formed convex to fit the concave interior of the tube, as best shown in Fig. VIII.

As shown in Figs. I and II, the top horizontal bar only of the fence is provided with our peculiar pointed bars, but the other horizontal bars may be also, if desired.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fence, the combination of the posts 5 tubes provided with narrow longitudinal slots; and metallic bars formed with narrow necks, with a widened lower portion, and with a widened upper portion having a sharpened or pointed upper edge, substantially as described and shown.

3. In a fence, the combination of the posts, tubes arranged horizontallytherebetween and supported thereon, said tubes being provided with a narrow longitudinal slot, and bars formed with narrow necks fitting snugly to said slots, and having a wider comparatively thin portion therebelow fitted to the interior of the tube and an upwardly-extending portion also wider than said neck fitted to the ex terior of said tube, and having a compara tively sharp upper edge, substantially as described and shown.

4. In a fence, the combination of the posts, tubes arranged horizontally therebetween, the upper row of tubes having-each a single longitudinal narrow slot arranged on its upper side, and bars engaging with said slots, said bars having a central narrow portion, a lower wider portion, an upper portion, also wider than said narrow central portion, upwardly extending outside of the tube and terminating with a sharpened or roughened edge forming an uncomfortable seat, substantially as described and shown.

5. As a new article of manufacture for the construction of a fence, tubes each provided with a single longitudinal narrow slot and bars provided with narrow necks fitting snugly within said slot, having a wider lower portion convex on its upper side to fit the concavity of the interior of the tube, and an upper portion also wider than said neck arranged to fit outside of the tube, substantially as described and shown.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 22d day of May, 1896.

MICHAEL CLUNE. PETER ECKEL. Witnesses CONRAD ScHoENEcK, L. F. WEIsBURG. 

